Cap for carboy casing



NOV. 1, J MOSCRQP CAP FOR CARBOY CASING Filed Dec. 9. 1931 INVENTOR. c/OHNB. Mosceop A TTORNEYS.

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Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES JOHN R. MOSCROP, OF STEGE, CALIFORNIA PATENT OFFEGE ASSIGNOR T STAUFFEB CHEMICAL COM- CA]? FOR GARIBOY CASING- Application filed December 9, 1931. Serial No. 579,838.

-This invention relates to carboy casings and particularly pertains to devices for connecting the casing cap to the main carboy casing.

Carboys are usually enclosed in a wooden casing which is formed with an opening at its upper end through which the neck of the carboy protrudes. When the carboy is to be shipped or otherwise handlechit is necessary to protect this protruding neck of the carboy by placing over it what is commonly termed a casing cap.

Hitherto, this cap has usually been secured to the casing by driving nails through the edge of the cap and into the casing. This method has proven unsatisfactory for the reason that when the cap was removed by the user of the carboy, its edges often became so broken by the nails that it could not be again used and this frequently resulted in the encased carboy being returned without its neck being protected by the cap.

It is, therefore, the principal object of the present invention to provide an improved and simplified medium for detachably connecting a cap to a carboy casing which will insure that the cap will be maintained securely in place when so desired but which enables the cap to bc'readily applied or removed.

One form which the invention may assume is exemplified in the following description and illustrated by way of example in the ac companying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a carboy casing with the cap fitted thereto and secured in place by my improved connection.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation and central vertical section through a carboy casing with the cap applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view casing with the cap removed.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of cap.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, indicates a carboy casing which is usually substantially cubical in form and the upper end of which is formed with a circular opening 11 through which the neck of the carboy protrudes. The carof a carboy the carboy piece 19. The inner edges of site angles and converge to their meeting edges 15, at which point they are securely fastened together.

At the side edges of these two slabs 14 they are secured together by side pieces 16 so that the bottom of the cap will be substantially rectangular in form.

Arranged on the carboy casing about the opening 11 therein is a frame 17 composed of two parallel side pieces 18 and a fixed end the side pieces 18 are spaced apart a distance substantially corresponding with the distance between the outer surfaces of the side members 16 of the cap '12. The inner edge of the fixed end piece 19- is beveled to correspond with the angle of one of the Fig. 2. At the end of the frame opposite the fixed end piece 19 is a hinged end piece 20, the inner edge of which is likewise beveled to correspond with the angularity of the ad-,

jacent slab 14. This hinged end piece 20 is pivotal on a hinge pin 21 which is secured at its ends in the side pieces 18 of the frame 17. It will be noticed that the hinged end piece 20 extends between the inner edges of the fixed side pieces 18.

When the hinged end piece 20 is turned about the hinge pin 21 to a position as shown in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the distance between the same and the fixed end piece 19 is greater than the distance between the lower ends of the slabs 14 of the cap, so that the cap may be readily fitted with its lower perimeter within the frame 17 or removed therefrom.

In fitting the cap to the casing, the hinged piece 20 is swung to its unlatching position as indicated and the cap is fitted so that its lower end will nest within the frame 17 The cap is then moved toward the fixed end piece 19 until the perimeter of the cap is engaged with the end piece 19. The hinged end piece 20 is then swung to latching position and latched in this position by means of latch members 22 mounted on the ends of the fixed slabs 14c asindicated in i .22 and side pieces 18 contiguous to the ends of the hinged member 20.

When the hinged end member 20 of the frame 17 is in latching position, the ends of the carboy casing cap will be engaged by the beveled surfaces of the hinged and fixed end members 19 and 20 which will securely connect the cap to the casing. The cap cannot shift transversely due ito'itssides-being in .then 'be shifted to disengage itfrom the fixed endmember 19 and then lifted off of the casing.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided a very simple and eflicient meansfor detachably connecting a cap to a carboy casing, which means enables the cap to'be readily fixed in place on the carboy casing or removed therefrom without injury or damage to either the cap or the casing.

'W'hile I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in its construction by those skilled in'the art without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

'Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1-1. A device for detachably connecting a cap to a carboy casing including a frame fixed to the carboy casing and adapted to embrace the lower perimeter of the cap, one side of said frame being pivotal and adapted when in latching position to engage the cap and-"latch it relative to the frame and when in unlatching position enabling said cap to be detached and removed from engagement with'the frame.

'2. A device .for detachably connecting a cap .to a carboy casing including a rectangular frame secured .to the carboy casing and of interior dimensions to receive and embrace the lower perimeter of the carboy cap, one

side of said frame being pivotal, said pivotal side when in latching position latching sald cap within the frame and when in unlatching position enabling said cap 'tobe re moved from the frame.

3. .A device for detachably connecting a cap to a carboy casing, said cap having two oppositely inclined sides, an open "frame secured onithe carboy casing and of dimensions to embrace "the lower perimeter of the cap,

said frame including two parallel side members for embracing the opposite sides of the cap, a fixed end member beveled at its inner face to coincide with the angularity of one angular face of the cap, a hinged end memher at the opposite end of the frame having a beveled face to coincide with the adjacent angular face of the cap, said hinged member being capable of being moved to a position whereby it will be disengaged from the cap to enable the cap to be removed from the 'framexornto a position where its beveled face will engage the angular face of the cap to latch the same within the frame, said cap being in a position when said hinged member is in'latching position whereby its opposite angular face will be engaged with the beveled face of the other end member, and means for latching said hinged end member in latching position.

JOHN "MOSOROP. 

